Faculty + Staff

Stephen Aron, an authority on the American West and author of “The American West: A Very Short Introduction,” recently published by Oxford University, is the new Robert N. Burr Chair of UCLA’s department of history. Since joining the department in ...

UCLA Staff Assembly's 2015-16 Executive Board members, elected by staff members in a campuswide vote, took office on office on July 1, 2015.

Recipients of benefits from the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) and UC-PERS Plus 5 Plan are receiving a cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2015, and appearing in checks paid at the end of July.

Dr. Clarence Braddock III, vice dean for education and chief medical education officer at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named chair of the board of directors for the American Board of Internal Medicine. 

This year on Independence Day, Eugene Volokh, professor at UCLA School of Law, was one among 38 naturalized citizens to be recognized by the organization as part of its “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” initiative.

UCLA Hitch Suites was lauded at the 45th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards presentation. The awards recognize the best design projects in Los Angeles County from the past year.

The American Society of Human Genetics has named UCLA researcher Leonid Kruglyak the 2015 recipient of the Curt Stern Award for outstanding scientific achievements in human genetics early in his career.

By day, UCLA biochemist Ivan Lopez explores the molecular pathology of the inner ear; by night and on weekends, he is a black-belted martial arts master.

History professor Josh Sides talks about how L.A. came to embody the best and worst of what urban America has to offer African Americans, on July 8 at UCLA's Hammer Museum.

The Hammer Museum and KCRW-89.9FM celebrate summer with the free concert series 'Summer of Soul' beginning at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 9, in the courtyard of the museum.

Dr. Siavash Kurdistani, associate director of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center's Gene Regulation Program, has been appointed chair of the UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry, beginning July 1.

The UCLA Department of Medicine will lead partners focused on reducing imaging for nonspecific low back pain, pre-operative testing and antibiotics for viral-based upper respiratory illness.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group announced its 2015-16 board members.

Susan Akens has been appointed executive director of UCLA School of Law’s Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Program, as of July 1.

UCLA computer resource specialist Michael Fehr and Naomi Nakamura of UC San Francisco have been elected staff representatives to the University of California Retirement System Advisory Board.

Five early-career researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior have been selected to receive 2015 Friends Scholars Awards of $100,000 over two years to support their research.

Dr. Alan Felsenfeld, a professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry, was appointed chair of the American Dental Association’s Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition.

Archaeologist Laura Tedesco and Abbas Kamwand of the U.S. Embassy will discuss efforts to save the art and culture of Afghanistan in a Hammer Forum at UCLA's Hammer Museum on Tuesday, June 30.

Shaina Zaidi, a former UCLA Women’s Basketball student-athlete, has been named director of the Bruin Varsity Club by UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero.

Beginning this fall, the University of California will provide students with the option to voluntarily self-identify their sexual orientation and gender identity on the undergraduate admission application to help the university better understand and meet the diverse needs of its students.

University of California President Janet Napolitano shared good news about the positive impact that California’s 2015-16 final budget will have on the university, from employee compensation to undergraduate tuition.

Four research projects will receive inaugural grants in a new UCLA School of Dentistry program to provide seed funding to launch pioneering basic and translational research.

More than 50 people came together today to share deeply felt anger, compassion, fear and frustration as well as hope for healing in response to last week’s tragic shooting in South Carolina.

Individual tickets for all upcoming shows by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA go on sale on Friday. Tickets may be purchased via cap.ucla.edu, Ticketmaster or directly through the UCLA Central Ticket Office.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA will present “Singular Spaces," an exhibition on view from April 12 until Sept. 6 that features photographs of Spanish art environments made by self-taught artists across the Iberian Peninsula.